NHL Power Rankings: Week 17

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Ending ( Feb 1st)

Total Pro Sports - This week's NHL Power Rankings finally sees the San Jose Sharks relinquish their hold on the top spot and the Detroit Red Wings barely remaining in the top 5.

NHL Power Rankings Movers And Shakers

The biggest Shakers in our NHL Power Rankings this week were the Vancouver Canucks falling 6 spots to land at #21.

The second biggest shaker was the Phoenix Coyotes dropping 3 spots ending up at #15.

The biggest Movers in our NHL Power Rankings this week were the New Jersey Devils, Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers all moving up 4 spots to end up at #4, #13 and #14.

Lets take a look at the rest of the league: NHL POWER RANKINGS for Week 17.

Rank	Record	Change	Comment
1	37-8-6	1	Interesting move by sending Tuukka Rask back down to the AHL after recording his first career NHL shutout.
2	36-7-5	1	Losing their second home game in regulation in January it appears as if the Sharks are in fact human.
3	32-15-4	1	Scoring his second hat-trick of the season, Alexander Ovechkin seems poised to win his second consecutive Rocket Richard Trophy.
4	32-15-3	4	Things couldn't be better for the Devils. Won all 3 of their games last week and Martin Brodeur has begun light on-ice workouts.
5	31-11-7	2	On a 5 game winless streak and with injuries starting to mount things aren't looking good in the Motor City.
6	30-14-4	1	Mike Cammalleri has been on fire recently and didn't show any signs of slowing down with a hat-trick vs. Buffalo.
7	28-16-6	2	A week to forget losing 3 out of 4 and also losing Robert Lang to a severed achillies vs. Boston.
8	29-18-4	2	Tough week allowing 6 goals vs. Pittsburgh and then getting shutout by Tuukka Rask and the Bruins.
9	27-13-8	-	This young team is definitely proving to people that they're here to stay after two big wins over the Ducks and Sharks.
10	26-14-9	-	With the demotion of Luca Sbisa back to his junior team the Flyers seem to be content with what they have, as they should be.
11	26-19-5	-	Sabres had themselves a nice month of January going 9-4-0.
12	25-22-5	1	Great 31 days for two Ducks as Scott Niedermayer and Bobby Ryan lead the league in scoring for defencemen and forwards for the month of January.
13	25-21-5	4	Cam Ward remains on fire as he posted his third shutout of the season vs. Atlanta.
14	23-18-8	4	Just when you think the Panthers will take a step backwards they put up two big wins over the Flyers and Canadiens.
15	24-22-5	3	They're still in contention for a playoff spot in the West but will have to put out a more consistent effort each night if they're going to keep playing come spring time.
16	24-22-5	2	It's clear that some sort of change needs to happen in Pittsburgh for this team to turn things around.
17	25-21-3	1	What else is there to say after suffering the worse home loss in team history 10-2 to the Sabres.
18	25-21-3	1	Nice pick up getting Dan Fritsche and a nice overtime win vs. Vancouver on Saturday night too.
19	24-21-5	1	Should be interesting to see how Steve Mason's bout with Mono. effects the Blue Jackets.
20	23-18-7	2	The hottest team in the NHL right now working on a 4 game winning streak including a 7-3 beating of the Blue Jackets.
21	22-20-8	6	The coldest team in the NHL right now currently on a 8 game winless streak.
22	23-26-1	1	Goaltending seems to be an issue yet again for the Avs as they've now lost 4 games in a row.
23	22-24-3	1	Up and down season continues losing to the Devils and Flames while also beating the Canucks and Oilers.
24	20-21-7	1	Dustin Brown had a big week scoring 3 goals & 2 assists for 5 points in 2 games.
25	19-23-8	1	Luke Schenn finally had his coming out party vs. Pittsburgh with a nice assist, big hit on Evgeni Malkin and using Tyler Kennedy's face as a punching bag.
26	20-24-4	1	Had an up and down week losing to the struggling Senators and then shutting out the Flyers 4-0.
27	17-23-10	-	Hit a snag in their climb up the standings losing to the Hurricanes and Flyers.
28	17-24-7	1	Yet another bad week for the Senators going 1-3. They need to do more than just fire Craig Hartsburg to turn their season around, but it may be too late.
29	17-29-5	1	On a 4 game losing streak including being shutout in two of those games. Is it too late to pencil in a Victor Hedman and Zach Bogosian defensive pairing?
30	15-29-5	-	Definitely a month to forget for the Isles as they went 3-7-1 in the month of January.